The oldest of the four emperors in ancient China. They were the Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty, the 85-year-old Liang Wudi Emperor Xiao Yan, the 865-year-old Wu Zetian and the 438+0-year-old Song Gaozong Emperor Zhao Gou, who spoiled Qin Gui and killed Yue Fei's fatuous emperor. Even after the country was destroyed and his mother was captured, he lived 865,438+0 years.
Long Zunxu, a scholar in Ming Dynasty, talked about Zhao Gou's longevity in his monograph "Eating Sexy Gentleman's Words": Emperor Gaozong's longevity was due to innate endowment and acquired lack of desire. In addition to these two reasons, the author believes that there are three other reasons why Zhao Gou can live long:
Attach importance to medicine
The emperor of the Song Dynasty attached great importance to the development of medicine. When they were in Zhao Kuangyin, Song Taizu, they ordered medical officials to revise the first pharmacopoeia of the Song Dynasty, Kaibao New Detailed Materia Medica. Zhao Ji of Song Huizong once ordered doctors to compile 200 volumes of Shengji Tongzhi, and he wrote Shengji Jing 10, summarizing relevant medical theories and health care methods. These will undoubtedly have a far-reaching impact on Zhao Gou's medical care thought.
Under the influence of his predecessors, Zhao Gou also wrote On Health Preservation, which not only shows his superb calligraphy art, but also shows his attention to medicine and health preservation theory.
Be good at calligraphy
Many calligraphers of past dynasties lived to be seventy or eighty years old, or even eighty or ninety years old. For example, Liu Gongquan is 87, Ou Yangxun is 84, Yu Shinan is 80, and so on. It can be seen that calligraphy is not only an art, but also a way of keeping in good health. Because when practicing calligraphy, the mind is highly concentrated and the beauty is enjoyed, which makes people happy physically and mentally, cultivates temperament, enjoys spirit, and is beneficial to physical and mental health and health preservation.
Zhao Gou was fascinated by calligraphy when he was young. He said, "I liked to write with a pen when I was young. Although it is easy to be typical, what I love in my heart is innate. " . Every 50 years, there is no major interest, and we don't abandon pen and ink before we start. He collected ancient calligraphy posts and famous paintings lost by the war in Xuanhe Neifu, and advocated people to learn calligraphy. He believes: "A scholar who is good at calligraphy and less diligent in the pool must have a place to draw and be shameless." At that time, with the emperor as the center, calligraphy almost started in the Southern Song Dynasty.
Song Gaozong's Calligraphy
dietetic hygiene
"The Remnants of West Lake" records: "When Emperor Gaozong lived in Deshou, he prepared two pairs of spoons and chopsticks for every meal. Before eating, choose the person who wants to eat, use other chopsticks to hold a vessel, and the food will be used up ... Wu Zetian asked him why and said, "I don't want to eat leftovers with the imperial secretary." "The leftovers of the ancient emperors were usually given to other people in the palace. When Emperor Gaozong ate, "two pairs of spoons and chopsticks must be put". First, he put the food in his container with "chopsticks" and "spoon", and then he ate it with another pair of chopsticks and spoon, taking care not to pollute the remaining food. It seems that although Zhao Gou was a fatuous king politically, he paid great attention to hygiene in his diet, which may be one of the reasons why he lived to be over 80 years old.